{
    "term": "cash",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "image": "data/images/mo/money.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "money in the form of coins or notes",
            "sensetop": "in cash",
            "labels": "(informal)(informal)(British English)(North American English)(informal)(informal)(informal)(British English)(US English)(formal)(especially North American English)(British English)(especially British English)(especially British English)(North American English usually)(informal)(informal)especially North American English",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "How much cash do you have on you?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Customers are offered a 10% discount if they **pay cash**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **cash payment**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Payments can be made by card or in cash.",
                    "contextForm": "in cash"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The thieves stole £500 in cash."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I paid the bill in cash."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The bank should hold enough cash to satisfy customer demand."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We'll have to pay cash for the tickets."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can pay by cheque or in cash."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Shopping", "Money"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["cold", "hard", "ready"],
                "verb + cash": ["pay", "pay in", "hold"],
                "cash + noun": ["desk", "drawer", "dispenser"],
                "preposition": ["in cash"],
                "phrases": ["cash in hand", "cash on delivery"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "money in any form",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The museum needs to find ways of **raising cash**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm short of cash right now."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm constantly **strapped for cash** *(= without enough money)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Local schools have been starved of cash for a number of years."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company is desperate for an injection of cash to ease its debts."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company is strapped for cash."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She refused to part with her hard-earned cash."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a chance to make some quick cash"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They had a football match to raise cash for the hospital."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Imagine having to pay some of my hard-earned cash on a parking fine!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I refuse to spend my hard-earned cash on presents!"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Money"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["ready", "spare", "quick"],
                "verb + cash": ["generate", "raise", "be short of"],
                "cash + noun": ["holdings", "reserves", "resources"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "with immediate payment of cash",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to pay for something cash down"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "if you pay for goods and services cash in hand, you pay in cash, especially so that the person being paid can avoid paying tax on the amount",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a cash-in-hand payment of £20"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Money", "Jobs"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a system of paying for goods when they are delivered",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kæʃ/",
                "audio": "ca/cash/cash__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kæʃ/",
                "audio": "ca/cash/cash__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent. (denoting a box for money): from Old French casse or Italian cassa ‘box’, from Latin capsa, related to capere ‘to hold’."
}